undue force

Yesterday I was in our regional capital, Linz, to watch the football derby between Ried and the LASK. Poor game that ended 2-2 due to some tactical mistakes of our coach. We led the game by 2-1 after trailing an early 0-1 arrear. But in the second half a forward was substituted by a midfield-player - nobody knew why. So the LASK got back into the game and managed to score a second goal only ten minutes before the final whistle.

But what has really been unbounded cheek was the approach of the police in the guest sector. After some idiots ignited some smoke bombs and banyan fires, the police entered the sector and tried to get these guys under control. A part of about 800 persons - mainly normal and violence-free - was threatened by one police guy, who totally exaggerated and got beyond control.

• going down the stairs, he was using his club (!) to push the people aside
• after one guy complained about his proceeding, he immediately put his club under his throat
• because of that this stupid policeman got a nice beer-shower from other furious fans
• after that he nearly got into a fight, but some other policemen could pull him out of the crowd

In the half-time break many Ried-fans were complaining about this guy, me too (because I got his club into my back too). And it was a success, he was told off by his supervisors for his approach.

"Die Qualität der Aggression hat zugenommen", berichtet auch Thomas Winkelmann, einer der ersten Fußballfankontaktbeamten und Betreuer in der österreichischen "Nationalen Fußballinformationsstelle" (NFIST). Auch er ortet mehr Gewaltbereitschaft gegen Polizisten: "Vor allem Uniformierte sind zum Feindbild der Hooligans geworden." Selbst für erfahrene Fankontaktbeamte werde es immer schwieriger, ihre Problemkinder in Zaum zu halten. (BMI)

It's really incredible, how only ONE DAMN GUY can launch such a sequence of undue force in the middle of normal fans which only came to watch the game. The forbidden slogan "A.C.A.B." has to be transformed to "S.C.A.B." where the "S" stands for some.